Two new acts have been added to the Arabian Nights show this month. One is the perfect fit for the month of October and Halloween, with the evil Prince Vaneer and his torch-wielding henchmen. The other act shows the audience more about the good Prince Khalid.
This will also be the first month that the chariot race is no longer featured in the show, to allow renovation of the arena. The date of the chariot race’s restoration is to be determined in 2011.
The first new act, Khalid’s Dream, takes place in the middle of the show. Guests will see that the prince of Scheherazade’s dream, Prince Khalid, is also dreaming of her. This act is referred to as a mirror act, where the two characters move in matched choreography. The act opens with Khalid and his horse resting in the desert, where he dreams of the Princess. He hears her first, as a haunting song fills the arena. Then she appears, riding the Black Stallion through fog to meet him, but she is always just out of reach. She mirrors the Prince’s movements as he rides his horse through the fog in his dream. When he awakes, he continues his search for this Princess of his dreams.
The second new act has quite a different tone, and it takes place near the end of the show. The Princess and her father’s genie Abra Cadabra wander into the desert to talk of his departure now that the Princess’ genie Hocus Pocus has learned to use magic. Their peaceful walk is abruptly shortened by the arrival of a band of sinister characters in dark cloaks. These are Vaneer’s henchmen, who surround the Princess and Abra with fiery torches to hold them captive before the arrival of the evil Prince Vaneer. Vaneer enters, angered that Hocus was not captured as well, and sends his henchmen to search the palace. The evil Prince Vaneer overpowers Abra and kidnaps the Princess. Genie Hocus Pocus appears in time to summon the good Prince, but they need some help from the Black Stallion to save the day.
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